Definition of "time warp" []

• A hypothetical discontinuity or distortion occurring in the flow of time that would move events from one time period to another or suspend the passage of time. (noun)

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• "If the Klingons are taking the trouble to create a time warp and send someone back on a retrohistorical mission, they're going to be damn certain that it will benefit them."
• "Inside were more third-rate landscapes, more time warp ambience: a shelfful of Depression glass; a tool and die company calendar dating from 1967, a wall menu listing steak and eggs for $1.95 and nickel coffee."
• "The only other people who knew what was going on were Mr. Scott and his people, who were engaged, under the supervision of Aurelia Steiner, in converting the Enterprise engines so that they could take the stresses of creating a time warp and then being kicked through it, and then—with any luck—reversing the process and getting back."